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The Central Motorway Police Group tweeted: “Seriously!!! That’s 6 cars stolen in last 30 mins just because people have left them unattended to defrost. Come on people, don’t do it!!”

The Met Office is expecting slightly less chilly evenings for Wednesday onwards as clouds move down from Scotland, but the colder temperatures are likely to return at the weekend and some areas could still get a fair amount of frost, meteorologist Sophie Yeomans said.

The middle band of the UK is likely to see fog patches in the morning around Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and the Vale of York but they will clear to sunny skies as clouds move down from the north.

The southbound clouds are expected to lift the mercury slightly as they push down towards central and northern regions and elevate overnight temperatures slightly.

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Doctor Angie Bone, from Public Health England, said: "Cold kills and even in places where temperatures aren't at their lowest.

"Now is the time to prepare for the cold weather forecast by the Met Office, and to think of those you know who are older, very young, or have pre-existing health conditions who are particularly vulnerable."